On the subject of the orbits of the planets

On the subject of the orbits of the planets, and how to time the steps of the Dance:  If the orbits were perfect circles, the math wouldn’t be completely impossible.  That is, I’m trying to describe a situation where the mass migrations from Jupiter to Earth to Mars are timed to have the various arrivals occur fairly simultaneously.  But that can be a troubling thing to calculate considering Mars along has an orbit “eccentricity of 0.093, which means that its distance from the Sun varies by a little over 18%, or nearly 28 million miles.” 

(http://cseligman.com/text/planets/marsoppositions.htm)

I’m sure this problem gets worse as we take into account any eccentricity of Jupiter’s orbit and Earth (which I read is rather circular), and compound that when trying to coordinate all three.  We should still investigate the best “average” period of time when the Steps should happen.  But I have an idea.

[INTERJECTION, is the phrase Steps of the Dance stupid?  hmmmmm]

So one worry has been the math of the orbits, and determining a system that is approaching realistic.  Or at least wouldn’t make the average reader through the story across the room in disgust.

[I wonder, Rosie, if you still throw books across the room when using a kindle or tablet.]

Also, the name of this story has always been “Space Station Keller”  or “Keller Station”, etc.  Because it is an artificial location in space named Keller.  I only point this out because it begs the questions: what’s so special about this station, how many stations are there, why are they built.

So what if the stations are big.  And the stations are used to coordinate the clockwork of the Dance.  Think of them as holding tanks for pollen.  The pollen is reach different destinations at the same time.  So the pollen would need to be gathered at different times for each origination, and then released properly timed to arrive at the next destination.  The Stations could be placed in perfectly circular orbits around Sol.  And voila, we have a stable predictable way to time the Steps.

Brilliant, no?!

[Also, I’m fully aware “Twixts” is not going to work.  Considering how much animosity exists between the owners and workers of the Left Twix factory and the Right Twix factory… in, er, Twix Town.]

We’re going to need more pictures.  Pictures to help visualize the answers to these riddles of logistics.

That's it for today folks.  TLDR?  We need stations to make the logistics work.